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Re: buying a lathe?

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Originally Posted by Chak View Post
Thanks, these machines do look better. However, the lathe itself is about $2000, and these would certainly exceed our current budget once tooling is included. Are these bigger lathes good enough to justify exceeding our budget? If they're way better than the LMS variety, I think our budget is not dead set.
Yes, especially in the price range you're in each additional dollar will add a lot of value.

I'd find a way to make another few grand if possible (or skimp on tooling initially) in order to get a better machine.